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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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